Old English · adverb
underbæc
- Part of speech
- adverb
- IPA
- /ˌun.derˈbæk/
- Syllables
- ˌun · der · ˈbæk (3 syllables)
- Modern English
- backwards
Meaning
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backwards, back
Crist cwæþ þā tō þām Dēofle, "Gā þū underbæc, sċocca!"
Then Christ said to the Devil, "Get back, Satan!"
c. 992, Ælfric, "The First Sunday in Lent"
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